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Full Cup Professionals
by Christa Mayfield and Faith Larson, LCSW
Full Cup Professionals is a podcast to help social service providers learn how to serve from overflow. Here we have honest, relatable conversations on the realities of social service and share actionable, practical tools to help you stay healthy, whole and effective in your area of service. We’re sharing ways you can navigate trauma, avoid and heal from burnout, resources to empower your work, ways to improve your health and show up for yourself while you show up for others. So come on in, have a seat. We’ll pour you a cup of something good. You’ve dedicated your life to serving those around you. Now, it’s time to show up for yourself. We’re in this together.
Episodes
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18. Addressing pesky symptoms with Blood Sugar Balance and How to Live Better, Longer! - Part 2
In this episode, we circle back to our conversation on blood sugar! In this episode, Faith shares what she learned wearing a continuous glucose monitor and the practical steps she's taken to improve some of her recurring symptoms. We dial down the facts and talk about exactly how to easily fit...
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17. The BIGGEST Factor in Mitigating Stress in our Body: Why balancing blood sugar is important for everyone and exactly how to do it!
This season is all about listening to our bodies and today, Faith and Christa talk about the importance of blood sugar for EVERYONE, not just people with diagnosed issues. Our blood sugar is central to so many aspects of our health. When our blood sugar is off, we feel lethargic and exhausted or...
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16. Reviewing "The Body Keeps the Score"
"The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kolk sparked worldwide conversations about the reality of trauma in our everyday lives. It opened our eyes to the deep connection between our brains and bodies and gave us an understanding of just how much of a role our bodies play in stress…
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15. We're back! All about Season 2 of the podcast!
Welcome to Season 2 of Full Cup Professionals. In this introductory episode, Faith and Christa lay out the theme for Season 2 and why this one practice is the game changer for any and all resilience work. We're so glad you're here! Let's dive in.
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14. Different types of rest + herbal infusion taste tests!
In our last episode of Season 1, we recorded in person to do a taste test of three herbal infusions that each help support the body through stress. As we sipped our tea, we talked through the various kinds of rest and the different ways to practice those kinds of rest. We laughed, told stories…
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13. Leveraging nutrition for stress support
We experience all of life - the physical, mental, and emotional - in and through our bodies. Our relationship to food and approach to nourishment play a massive role in how we feel and the quality of our life experience. In this episode, we dive into how nutrition impacts our mental health, what...
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12. Can stress actually be a good thing?
What if there's more to your stress than you think? We're all about navigating stress on this podcast. Part of navigating stress is embracing the purpose it's serving and how it may actually be supporting our healing and growth. In this episode, we talk about stress as a messenger, how to...
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11. Advocating with lived experience with Educator, Adoptee, and former Foster Youth Tina Bauer
Serving in a high-trauma space is challenging, but what if you have lived through that experience yourself? When people who have been through trauma begin to work as advocates or leaders in that space, it adds additional complexity to the dynamic that needs to be honored, understood, and…
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10. Embracing self-awareness and compassion as a law enforcement officer with Randy Kaiser
Randy Kaiser served over a decade in law enforcement before discovering a framework that changed his life. In this episode, we talk with Randy about the compounding trauma he experienced from his childhood experiences, personal losses, and working as a human trafficking investigator. Randy gets...
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9. What we learned from burnout among social workers during CViD with Dr. Jillian Landers
2020 was a wild time for the field of social work. Social workers in various settings were pivoting their operations and practices to be able to keep serving their clients safely. The increasing demand and fast changes put a lot of strain on social workers and the burnout was REAL. Wouldn't be...
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8. Not your Average New Years Resolutions: a refreshing and HOPE-filled approach to our annual goal-setting fiasco
You know the drill. By the time December 29 rolls around, most of us are stuffed to the brim with Christmas cookies and a corresponding plate of self-loathing. We're ready to turn a corner with LOTS of ideas for how we can improve. But we all know the story. A few months (weeks? days?) go by and...
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7. Avoiding the "hero" pitfall, presence as productivity, and pioneering change in law enforcement with Police Chaplain Heather Gates, MSW
In this episode, we sit down with Heather Gates, a chaplain for the Galveston Police Department. Heather's fresh take on this traditional role has been so effective that the city of Galveston recognized and funded her role to ensure she keeps up the amazing work. Work that looks a little…
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6. Emotional boundaries, codependency, and the key to longevity in trauma-impacted spaces
This is part 2 of our conversation on boundaries. In this episode, we unpack boundaries in relationships and how owning your emotions, actions, and responses is the key to navigating our relationships, especially with our clients.
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5. The one practice you MUST use to find balance and live in alignment with your values
Have you heard the phrase, "Saying yes to one thing is saying no to something else"? We all have to make choices if we're going to live our fullest AND most peaceful lives. In this episode, we talk about everyone's favorite word: boundaries! We talk about why it can be so challenging for those of...
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4. How to tell if you have compassion fatigue or burnout and how you can recover
Compassion fatigue and burnout are two incredibly common experiences for anyone who takes care of others. In this episode, we look at how the brain's intention to keep us safe can lead us to experience emotions and symptoms that can make our jobs and lives even more difficult. We talk through…
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3. Unpacking Polyvagal Theory and how you can cultivate felt safety in your body
In this episode, we continue exploring the stress response by unpacking the "polyvagal theory." We talk through the modes of our nervous system: rest and digest, fight or flight, and fawn/freeze. We talk through what's happening on a physiological level, what it feels like to be in these modes,...
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2. Survival Mode in Social Services: How our stress response impacts our whole lives
In this episode, we dive into our stress response and how living in "survival mode" shows up in our work in social service. Our brains and bodies have this amazing process that takes over in the face of a threat. But that process doesn't just impact that moment - it carries over into how we see…
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1. What is trauma and do I have it? (Hint: you probably do!)
In our first episode, we dive into how our brains work, what trauma is and how it shows up in our work and personal lives. We talk about the impact of social service roles in us as providers and what we can all do to help build resiliency while we work in high trauma spaces.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Full Cup Professionals is a podcast to help social service providers learn how to serve from overflow. Here we have honest, relatable conversations on the realities of social service and share actionable, practical tools to help you stay healthy, whole and effective in your area of service. We’re sharing ways you can navigate trauma, avoid and heal from burnout, resources to empower your work, ways to improve your health and show up for yourself while you show up for others. So come on in, have a seat. We’ll pour you a cup of something good. You’ve dedicated your life to serving those around you. Now, it’s time to show up for yourself. We’re in this together.
HOSTED BY
Christa Mayfield and Faith Larson, LCSW
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Full Cup Professionals is a podcast to help social service providers learn how to serve from overflow. Here we have honest, relatable conversations on the realities of social service and share actionable, practical tools to help you stay healthy, whole and effective in your area of service. We’re...
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Full Cup Professionals is created and hosted by Christa Mayfield and Faith Larson, LCSW.
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